Brad Miller

[Kingster]

Ummm...yeah. Decaf?

I actually was 100% against letting Wallace go, and one of the reasons that I disliked Adelman was his refusal to get minutes for him (which the people clamoring about how we should have kept Adelman like to forget his small rotation and lack of PT for younger guys, unless they had a jumper like Songaila). I understood we were in contending mode, but he could have found more time during the seasons.

Petrie made a mistake on this one to be sure, I am just pointing out that it isn't as simple a slam dunk no-brainer move that people make it out to be. It was only getting heavy minutes in Charlotte that allowed him to blossom, and we had a coach not willing to give him that.

Maybe it wasn't a no-brainer, just a half-brainer to keep Wallace. Petrie laughed when Kings fans criticisized his move of letting Wallace go. I bet he's not laughing now...

 

[VF21]

Maybe it wasn't a no-brainer, just a half-brainer to keep Wallace. Petrie laughed when Kings fans criticisized his move of letting Wallace go. I bet he's not laughing now...

I've said it a lot of times before, but I guess I can say it one more time.

Wallace's success with the Bobcats is wonderful BUT he was not going to do that here. There were a combination of factors that included a lack of work ethic. Gerald Wallace in a Kings uniform was not the player he is now. There's no way to know if, given the circumstances at the time, he ever would have become the player he is now.

As TheRaven pointed out, he didn't really start to shine and mature until he got heavy minutes in Charlotte.

I'd be willing to bet Petrie hasn't lost a moment of sleep over losing Wallace in the expansion draft, at least not in the way some of you are assuming. He made a decision and he's moved on.

 

[Emma]

Wallace is only great because someone has to be great on a team. Even a crap team. Look at Andre Iguadala (Think that's the spelling, whatever), in Philly. Anywhere there is a vacuum in talent the Basketball Gods inflate a mediocre player into a premiere talent for a short time.

He will get a stomach ache and return to normal.

Miller is good, he will be back.

 

[Bricklayer]

well, if he does this, wouldn't u want to keep him?? I mean if he comes back this year and averages 14/10/5 like he was a couple years ago, wouldn't u want to at least think about keeping him?(hypothetically speaking, of course) It will be interesting to see how Brad plays under Reggie.

Uh no...because he;s old and will break down. If you get even a spurt out of his sad old ***, you start working the phones immediately and shed that contract. Brad Miller is NOT a part of this team;s future. By the time we have a future again, he will have none. May alreayd have none for all we know. He;s not a championship big man -- indeed does everything wrong to ever be one. He;s just a huge chunk of salary, and now he's in our lottery pick's way. That means bye bye Brad.

 

[supamari0]

Wallace is only great because someone has to be great on a team. Even a crap team. Look at Andre Iguadala (Think that's the spelling, whatever), in Philly. Anywhere there is a vacuum in talent the Basketball Gods inflate a mediocre player into a premiere talent for a short time.

He will get a stomach ache and return to normal.

Miller is good, he will be back.

Wait so Wallace has overinflated stats and will return to Earth while Miller will somehow return to all-star form?

I'm not sure even Nostradamus would be so bold.

 

[Emma]

Wallace is an unintelligent basketball player that will recklessly lead every team he headlines into the lottery. Stick him on a team like San Antonio and he would probably injure Tim Duncan in a jumping fit.

Miller at least has a basketball IQ. If this is untrue I will gladly eat my words.

 

[Bricklayer]

Wallace is an unintelligent basketball player that will recklessly lead every team he headlines into the lottery. Stick him on a team like San Antonio and he would probably injure Tim Duncan in a jumping fit.

Miller at least has a basketball IQ. If this is untrue I will gladly eat my words.

Oh my.

Wallace is a force of nature that is going to be a hell of a 2nd/3rd hustle option on a very good team here in the near future.

Brad is a never was been unathletic softie who's "basketball IQ" has had to try to overcome far far too many deficiencies as a supposed "professional athelte", and who's best days are behind him.

Not a GM in the world would trade Wallace for Brad, not even at equal salaries. Not even in the lands of the soft jumpshooter over in Europe. There is no comparison at this point.

 

[VF21]

Wallace is an unintelligent basketball player that will recklessly lead every team he headlines into the lottery. Stick him on a team like San Antonio and he would probably injure Tim Duncan in a jumping fit.

Miller at least has a basketball IQ. If this is untrue I will gladly eat my words.

Gerald Wallace has matured into a player who should be in the NBA. Your comments cannot be proven or disproven so your vow to eat your words is pretty shallow.

Comparing Gerald Wallace and Brad Miller is like trying to debate whether Hercules could defeat Aquaman.

 

[Emma]

Devil's advocate.



But I would still like to say that Wallace is not and would not have been the second coming to save the Kings. Such a force of nature can not naturally be as impressive when hampered by structure or tapped for reliable, sane production.

I personally do not like his game at all.

 

[VF21]

Devil's advocate.



But I would still like to say that Wallace is not and would not have been the second coming to save the Kings. Such a force of nature can not naturally be as impressive when hampered by structure or tapped for reliable, sane production.

I personally do not like his game at all.

Fair enough. I'm not that much of a Wallace fan either so I hear what you're saying. I do think, in all fairness though, that he's made tremendous strides since leaving here. I just don't feel he would be the solution to all our problems either... Not that I think we'll ever find out. The Bobcats aren't going to let him walk away.

 

[BMiller52]

Wallace is an unintelligent basketball player that will recklessly lead every team he headlines into the lottery. Stick him on a team like San Antonio and he would probably injure Tim Duncan in a jumping fit.

Miller at least has a basketball IQ. If this is untrue I will gladly eat my words.

Hope you can eat like Kobayashi...

 

[Kingster]

I've said it a lot of times before, but I guess I can say it one more time.

Wallace's success with the Bobcats is wonderful BUT he was not going to do that here. There were a combination of factors that included a lack of work ethic. Gerald Wallace in a Kings uniform was not the player he is now. There's no way to know if, given the circumstances at the time, he ever would have become the player he is now.

As TheRaven pointed out, he didn't really start to shine and mature until he got heavy minutes in Charlotte.

I'd be willing to bet Petrie hasn't lost a moment of sleep over losing Wallace in the expansion draft, at least not in the way some of you are assuming. He made a decision and he's moved on.

It's funny how he found that work ethic in Charlotte. Voila! I have a work ethic. I'm in Charlotte now. I wonder if the per-capita productivity of Charlotte is greater than Sacramento? As for Petrie losing sleep, no doubt a lot of his other decisions have led to some wholesale purchases for sleep medication. Wallace is out of sight, out of mind. Artest, Miller and Bibby are the chains around his neck every time he hits the pillow.

 

[VF21]

It's funny how he found that work ethic in Charlotte. Voila! I have a work ethic. I'm in Charlotte now. I wonder if the per-capita productivity of Charlotte is greater than Sacramento? As for Petrie losing sleep, no doubt a lot of his other decisions have led to some wholesale purchases for sleep medication. Wallace is out of sight, out of mind. Artest, Miller and Bibby are the chains around his neck every time he hits the pillow.

No, he probably found the work ethic as he grew up. He was YOUNG here and immature. He was left exposed to the draft, which must have made him at least think about why and how he had found a way to get himself a permanent spot in the Adelman doghouse. I'm being realistic. You can agree or disagree but it doesn't change the simple fact that Wallace was NOT going anywhere with the Kings. Period.

Geoff Petrie made a decision at the time and he's moved on. Your sarcasm doesn't impact him or that one way or the other.

 

[Smills91]

Here's a Brad Miller deal, idea:

Brad wants to go back home, lets send him back home...

Kings deal:
Brad Miller

Pacers deal:
Jeff Foster
David Harrison
Darrell Armstrong

Kings shed some salary and get a GREAT rebounder to add to our frontcourt off the bench.

Pacers can't find a good deal for JO, so they figure they aren't see cap space anytime soon, might as well attempt to win as much as possible with their current line-up. Brad would give the Pacers a legit
starting C in the East and Brad would get to go home.